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[ColAnt735]

I found four Prenolepis imparis queens today,my first queens of the year! I put one of the queens with my largest Prenolepis imparis colony she has been accepted by the workers and is now chilling with the original queen. The other three queens are in a test tube together.

Edited by ColAnt735, April 13 2022 - 1:25 PM.

[matt.]

Found many P. imparis queens thus far. Been seeing them all throughout the week and toady I saw about 8 of them and took 2.  

[OwlThatLikesAnts]

Wow, giant gap in the dates from last post and the most recent post…

[ANTdrew]

This was once one of the most active anting threads on here.

[ColAnt735]

The first Prenolepis imparis alates I've found this year flew in my area today. I caught 2 queens, hopefully with the warmer weather coming they'll fly in more substantial numbers.

[matt.]

The first Prenolepis imparis alates I've found this year flew in my area today. I caught 2 queens, hopefully with the warmer weather coming they'll fly in more substantial numbers.

Turns out I haven't been catching P. imparis and instead it's been Lasius Aphidicola! I couldn't understand why they were dying; I saw and caught many yesterday as well as my last post on the 30th (I was surprised by the long flight duration). To be honest, I just want those fully claustral queens    

 

Also, I saw you wanted to try your hand at raising them so maybe we could trade! I have about 5 Lasius Aphidicola. I don't want to kill them since I'm not interested in parasitic species.

Edited by matt., May 13 2025 - 8:46 AM.

[ColAnt735]

Turns out I haven't been catching P. imparis and instead it's been Lasius Aphidicola! I couldn't understand why they were dying; I saw and caught many yesterday as well as my last post on the 30th (I was surprised by the long flight duration). To be honest, I just want those fully claustral queens    

 

 

 

Also, I saw you wanted to try your hand at raising them so maybe we could trade! I have about 5 Lasius Aphidicola. I don't want to kill them since I'm not interested in parasitic species.

 

Unfortunately I can't trade right now as I am out of the country. However Camponotus flights should start soon, hopefully you'll have more luck with them!

[OwlThatLikesAnts]

 

Turns out I haven't been catching P. imparis and instead it's been Lasius Aphidicola! I couldn't understand why they were dying; I saw and caught many yesterday as well as my last post on the 30th (I was surprised by the long flight duration). To be honest, I just want those fully claustral queens    

 

 

 

Also, I saw you wanted to try your hand at raising them so maybe we could trade! I have about 5 Lasius Aphidicola. I don't want to kill them since I'm not interested in parasitic species.

 

Unfortunately I can't trade right now as I am out of the country. However Camponotus flights should start soon, hopefully you'll have more luck with them!

 

I am in fact hoping to snag some Camponotus and parasitic lasius. I’ll linger on this thread for a bit waiting for reports about Camponotus to emerge 

[matt.]

Camponotus Sp. Caught today if I recall correctly it looks like Camponotus herculeanus. I think you would be happy to hear about that OwlThatLikesAnts

 

EDIT : ID'd as Camponotus novaeboracensis

Edited by matt., May 14 2025 - 9:28 AM.

[OwlThatLikesAnts]

Camponotus Sp. Caught today if I recall correctly it looks like Camponotus herculeanus. I think you would be happy to hear about that OwlThatLikesAnts

 

EDIT : ID'd as Camponotus novaeboracensis

Yessss! Now I’ll just have to watch local colonies like a hawk. Though I am not that sure I’ll catch a Camponotus queen because I have only seen one Camponotus queen in my life 

[Lazarus]

Haven't seen any queens yet this year but the next few days should bring rain and heat so hoping to see some during the next few days.

[Lazarus]

Haven't seen any queens yet this year but the next few days should bring rain and heat so hoping to see some during the next few days.

And just like that I caught a C. Novae queen just minutes ago while walking.
This marks my 9th consecutive year finding a queen. Well technically 8th year since that first year it was my son who found all the queens. 

[rptraut]

Hello Everyone;

The four Camponotus queens I found this year all died within a couple of weeks in their test tubes. I have a fifth queen in seclusion (no peeking) and I’ll check on her in a month.
RPT

[Penguin]

Not really an active antkeeper at the moment due to life circumstances but the revival of this thread in my email inbox has brought me back. Saw a C. pennsylvanicus queen on my couch a few minutes ago and put it outside. All the best to everyone still in it and I hope to get back into it in a few years!

Edited by Penguin, June 20 2025 - 10:24 PM.